PMID:8973166

Citation	Chamberlin, M and Julin, DA (1996) Interactions of the RecBCD enzyme from Escherichia coli and its subunits with DNA, elucidated from the kinetics of ATP and DNA hydrolysis with oligothymidine substrates. Biochemistry 35:15949-61
Abstract	Oligothymidines eight nucleotides or longer stimulate ATP hydrolysis by the RecBC and RecBCD enzymes, and they are substrates for the ATP-stimulated nuclease activity of RecBCD. The steady-state kinetics of ATP hydrolysis by the RecBC enzyme are consistent with a single ATPase and DNA binding site. Results with RecBCD and RecBCD-K177Q [an enzyme with a Lys-to-Gln mutation in the ATP binding motif of the RecD subunit [Korangy, F., & Julin, D. A. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 1727-1732]] indicate that ATP hydrolysis by the RecB subunit is stimulated by pd(T)12 binding to a high-affinity site, while the RecD subunit hydrolyzes ATP stimulated by pd(T)12 binding to a low-affinity site. The site which stimulates RecB has about 50-fold greater affinity for DNA in either RecBCD or RecBCD-K177Q than does the corresponding site in RecBC. The rates of ATP hydrolysis observed for the RecBCD enzyme at low concentrations of pd(T)12 are best explained by a mechanism where the enzyme binds to the DNA and catalyzes multiple rounds of ATP hydrolysis before dissociating. Larger DNA molecules [pd(T)25-30 and poly(dT)] are bound more tightly by RecBCD, are hydrolyzed more rapidly, and are much more effective in stimulating ATP hydrolysis than is pd(T)12. The results at low ATP concentrations where the nuclease activity is minimal (5 microM) suggest that ATP hydrolysis is stimulated by the DNA ends, but there is no evidence that the RecBCD enzyme moves along these DNA molecules in an ATP-dependent manner under these conditions.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1021/bi961643n
Keywords	Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism; Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism; DNA/metabolism; Endodeoxyribonucleases/chemistry; Endodeoxyribonucleases/metabolism; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli Proteins; Exodeoxyribonuclease V; Exodeoxyribonucleases/chemistry; Exodeoxyribonucleases/metabolism; Kinetics; Macromolecular Substances; Models, Chemical; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/metabolism; Substrate Specificity
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